The professional services of a licensee shall not be controlled
or exploited by any lay agency, personal or corporate, which intervenes
between the client and the licensee. A licensee shall not allow a
non-licensed person or entity to interfere or intervene with the licensee's
practice; nor shall the licensee submit to such interference or intervention
by a non-licensed person or entity. A licensee shall avoid all relationships
which could result in interference or intervention in the licensee's
practice by a non-licensed person or entity. A licensee shall be responsible
for his or her own actions and is directly responsible to the client
and for the care and treatment of the patient.

Source Note: The provisions of this §573.21 adopted to be effective June 14, 2012, 37 TexReg 4229